Local Alaskan Wedding Flowers A to Z: Part 4, R through Z
Most people planning their wedding aren’t experts on flowers.
There are so many varieties, color combinations, textures, seasons etc.
That’s why I’m here - to help get you through the process of figuring out what will look most amazing at your wedding.
In order to help you become more flower literate, I’m creating a series of blogs to work through the entire alphabet of local Alaskan wedding flowers, A to Z, in order to show you all the flowers I grow or source locally.
Now I can’t promise every flower will be in here, but I’m going to attempt to give you a good picture of the possibilities of local Alaskan wedding flowers
Each variety has a brief description and is categorized by type: Focal flower, secondary flower, seed pod or head, foliage, and interesting element.
In this blog I’ll be covering local flowers R through Z.
Ranunculus from the Gardenwild gardens.
R
Ranunculus
Category: secondary flower
Season: June through July
Colors: white, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple
Feel: whimsical, lush, extravagant
Shape: round ball/disc with layers of petals
Rudbeckia
Category: focal or secondary flower
Season: early August through late September
Colors: yellow, orange, maroon
Feel: wildflower, prairie flower
Shape: open disc of petals surrounding cone shaped center
S
Saponaria
Category: secondary flower
Season: early July through late July
Colors: pink, white
Feel: cottage garden, light, airy
Shape: tiny flowers on the end of each stem
Scabiosa
Category: secondary flower
Season: early August through September
Colors: black, purple, blue, pink, white
Feel: whimsical
Shape: soft disc at end of elegant stem
Snapdragons from the Gardenwild gardens.
Snapdragon
Category: secondary flower
Season: Mid July through September
Colors: white, pink, red, orange, purple
Feel: garden-like, dimensional
Shape: cluster of flowers form a spike like structure
Statice
Category: secondary flower
Season: early August through September
Colors: purple, white, pink
Feel: unique, interesting
Shape: small cluster of dried flowers on each stem
Copper Red Strawflower in the Gardenwild Gardens.
Strawflowers
Category: secondary flower
Season: early August through September
Colors: yellow, orange, red, maroon, white
Feel: unique, interesting, whimsical
Shape: flattened ball of straw-like petals
Stock
Category: secondary flower
Season: early July through Late July
Colors: white, cream, yellow, purple, light pink, magenta, antique brown
Feel: lush, luxurious, full
Shape: large cluster of smaller flowers at the end of a strong stem
Sunflowers
Category: focal flower
Season: early August through September
Colors: yellow, orange, plum
Feel: bright, cheery, bold
Shape: large round disc of petals
Z
Zinnia
Category: secondary flower
Season: Late July through September (although only abundant during very warm summers)
Colors: white, pink, green, purple, red, orange, yellow many interesting colors
Feel: old fashioned, cottage garden
Shape: open disc with layers of flowers
That concludes Alaska Wedding Flowers A through Z!
If you’d like to see what other flowers we have in store for summer weddings you can go here for A through C.